Sahaptin language
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| Sahaptin | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | United States |
| Region | Washington, Oregon, and Idaho |
| Native speakers | 200 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Plateau Penutian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qot – Macrolanguage individual codes: uma – Umatilla waa – Walla Walla yak – Yakima tqn – Tenino |
Sahaptin (also Shahaptin), Sħáptənəxw, is a Plateau Penutian language of the Sahaptian branch spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington, northern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho.
The Yakama tribal Cultural Resources program has been promoting the use of the traditional name of the language, Ichishkíin Sínwit, instead of Sahaptin which means "stranger in the land." [1]
[edit] See also
- Sahaptian languages
- Sahaptin people
- Cayuse
- Palus (tribe)
- Umatilla (tribe)
- Walla Walla (tribe)
- Yakama
[edit] Notes
- ^ Beavert, Virginia and Hargus, Sharon Ichishkíin sínwit yakama = Yakima Sahaptin dictionary. Toppenish, Wash. : Heritage University ; Seattle : in association with the University of Washington Press, 2009; 492 pp. OCLC 268797329
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- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
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